Targeting CDK4 and CDK6 in cancer

S Goel, JS Bergholz, JJ Zhao - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (CDK4) and CDK6 are critical mediators of cellular
transition into S phase and are important for the initiation, growth and survival of many …

Inhibiting CDK4/6 in breast cancer with palbociclib, ribociclib, and abemaciclib: similarities and differences

CL Braal, EM Jongbloed, SM Wilting, RHJ Mathijssen… - Drugs, 2021 - Springer
The cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) 4/6 inhibitors belong to a new class of drugs that
interrupt proliferation of malignant cells by inhibiting progression through the cell cycle …

Abemaciclib plus endocrine therapy for hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative, node-positive, high-risk early breast cancer (monarchE): results from a preplanned …

SRD Johnston, M Toi, J O'Shaughnessy… - The lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Adjuvant abemaciclib plus endocrine therapy previously showed a significant
improvement in invasive disease-free survival and distant relapse-free survival in hormone …

[HTML][HTML] Adjuvant abemaciclib combined with endocrine therapy for high-risk early breast cancer: updated efficacy and Ki-67 analysis from the monarchE study

N Harbeck, P Rastogi, M Martin, SM Tolaney… - Annals of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Adjuvant abemaciclib combined with endocrine therapy (ET) previously
demonstrated clinically meaningful improvement in invasive disease-free survival (IDFS) …

CDK4 and CDK6 kinases: From basic science to cancer therapy

A Fassl, Y Geng, P Sicinski - Science, 2022 - science.org
BACKGROUND Cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) drive cell division. Of
particular importance to the cancer field are D-cyclins, which activate CDK4 and CDK6. In …

Oral estrogen receptor PROTAC vepdegestrant (ARV-471) is highly efficacious as monotherapy and in combination with CDK4/6 or PI3K/mTOR pathway inhibitors in …

SM Gough, JJ Flanagan, J Teh, M Andreoli… - Clinical Cancer …, 2024 - aacrjournals.org
Purpose: Estrogen receptor (ER) alpha signaling is a known driver of ER-positive
(ER+)/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negative (HER2−) breast cancer …

MONARCH 3: abemaciclib as initial therapy for advanced breast cancer

MP Goetz, M Toi, M Campone, J Sohn… - Journal of Clinical …, 2017 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Abemaciclib, a cyclin-dependent kinase 4 and 6 inhibitor, demonstrated efficacy as
monotherapy and in combination with fulvestrant in women with hormone receptor (HR) …

MONARCH 3 final PFS: a randomized study of abemaciclib as initial therapy for advanced breast cancer

S Johnston, M Martin, A Di Leo, SA Im, A Awada… - NPJ breast …, 2019 - nature.com
At the MONARCH 3 interim analysis, abemaciclib plus a nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor
(AI) significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS) and objective response rate …

The CDK4/6 inhibitor abemaciclib induces a T cell inflamed tumor microenvironment and enhances the efficacy of PD-L1 checkpoint blockade

DA Schaer, RP Beckmann, JA Dempsey, L Huber… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
Abemaciclib, an inhibitor of cyclin dependent kinases 4 and 6 (CDK4/6), has recently been
approved for the treatment of hormone receptor-positive breast cancer. In this study, we use …

Therapy-induced senescence: an “old” friend becomes the enemy

T Saleh, S Bloukh, VJ Carpenter, E Alwohoush… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
For the past two decades, cellular senescence has been recognized as a central component
of the tumor cell response to chemotherapy and radiation. Traditionally, this form of …